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A review by iainiainiainiain
High-Rise by J.G. Ballard
4.0
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I enjoyed it and it was something I got more into past the half way point. I found most of its takes on society and the fragility of society to be quite surface level and uninteresting. I think his view that society is just one enclosed living space away from becoming a hunter-gatherer, absolute patriarchy to be unrealistic and just quite an oversimplification of late 20th century urban humanity. I did enjoy the book, I just don't think it's ultra intelligent or groundbreaking in any way.
I enjoyed it and it was something I got more into past the half way point. I found most of its takes on society and the fragility of society to be quite surface level and uninteresting. I think his view that society is just one enclosed living space away from becoming a hunter-gatherer, absolute patriarchy to be unrealistic and just quite an oversimplification of late 20th century urban humanity. I did enjoy the book, I just don't think it's ultra intelligent or groundbreaking in any way.